Academic research meets real-world engineering
Welcome to Norcompute AS
Norcompute combines research, engineering, and software development to address complex computational problems, with a focus on structural engineering and machine design. Our work builds on active academic research and more than 20 years of practical engineering experience, bringing together advanced numerical methods, simulation, and scientific software development.
We develop computational methods, software tools, and libraries, ranging from high-performance numerical solvers to software that integrates computational models into web-based applications, cloud workflows, and digital twins.
Our background also includes experience in safety, cryptography, and military applications, enabling us to work with safety-critical software and engineering problems across both civil and defence sectors.
Engineering and Consulting
Norcompute provides consulting in computational engineering and software development, combining an academic background in numerical methods with more than 20 years of practical engineering experience.
We work with complex computational problems, from mathematical modelling and numerical methods to simulation software and implementation. Our approach combines theoretical understanding with practical experience in developing and applying computational tools.
Norcompute develops simulation models and digital twins for complex engineering systems, with a focus on making advanced simulation accessible within existing engineering workflows. Models can be provided as Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs), allowing them to be integrated into other software, simulation environments, and cloud-based applications. This enables models developed for virtual testing and analysis to be reused across different applications, supporting activities such as virtual prototyping, model validation, and system integration.
Norcompute develops software for complex engineering problems, combining academic research with practical engineering experience. Our software is built on advanced theoretical foundations and developed through real-world applications in engineering and computational mechanics.
We develop specialised software, libraries, and computational tools for applications ranging from numerical simulation to web-based and embedded solutions.
CFEM is a finite element library written in C++, developed through more than 20 years of research and engineering applications. It supports material and geometric nonlinearities and includes a range of element formulations, including co-rotated elements for problems involving large rotations. The library is designed for finite element analyses where flexibility in formulation and numerical methods is important, and can be adapted to different engineering and research applications.
RFAT is a software tool for fatigue analysis, supporting both spectral and time-domain fatigue calculations. It includes three-dimensional critical plane methods for evaluating multiaxial fatigue and can be used for a range of engineering applications. RFAT also provides post-processing tools for examining and interpreting fatigue results as part of the engineering analysis workflow, as well as integration into embedded systems and Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs).
XSS is a cross-section solver library for calculating cross-sectional properties and stress distributions in complex beam sections. It supports thin-walled, solid, and composite cross-sections, with flexible meshing options including support for Gmsh. XSS can be used as part of structural and dynamic analyses, including applications such as wind turbine modelling.
RFEM
RFEM is a finite element library for linear analysis of beam and shell structures, with particular emphasis on parametric modelling and repeated analyses. The library is compiled to WebAssembly, allowing finite element calculations to run directly in a web browser. This makes RFEM suitable for browser-based engineering applications, automated studies, and parameter exploration, as well as integration into embedded systems and Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs).
FEDEM Online
FEDEM is a software platform for modelling and simulation of complex mechanical systems, particularly nonlinear structural dynamics and systems involving integrated control. FEDEM Online combines a modernised user interface with specialised solvers and analysis tools for engineering and research applications, and can be used both as a desktop application and in the cloud.
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